MLK/FBI is a documentary directed by Sam Pollard in 2020 and based on the book The F.B.I. and Martin Luther King, Jr.: From ‘Solo’ to Memphis by David J. Garrow, first published in 1981. The documentary features Martin Luther King, J. Edgar Hoover, David Garrow, Clarence B. Jones, Charles Knox, Donna Murch, and others.
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Storyline
J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI, saw Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a threat to the status quo that needed to be discredited as soon as he became a powerful voice in the American civil rights movement. This breathtaking film exposes the Bureau’s relentless effort to monitor and discredit Dr. King for the remainder of his life, as well as the unsettling relevance of the issues discussed there to our current political climate.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
104
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1981
Pages
320
Book Rate
7.52
S: Goodreads
Book
The F.B.I. and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subtitle: From 'Solo' to Memphis
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EDWARD NORTON (Actor, Filmmaker)
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